▲ 852 ▼ LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net) submitted 3 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 244 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) How? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) You didn't connect your Samsung smart TV, but your neighbor did, and they connect over a second separate Samsung™©® network that you and your neighbor both 'consented' to in the Eula's, where media fingerprints and timestamps are exchanged updated, etc during downtime. Evil mesh networks, basically. Or Sony™, or rjfyjdokfdrlvdgjg™, or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] poopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) That's really interesting and very plausible. I'd never considered it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago I wish Lemmy had a ban list and post/thread removal list. It'd make it easier to know what's allowed here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) You didn't connect your Samsung smart TV, but your neighbor did, and they connect over a second separate Samsung™©® network that you and your neighbor both 'consented' to in the Eula's, where media fingerprints and timestamps are exchanged updated, etc during downtime. Evil mesh networks, basically. Or Sony™, or rjfyjdokfdrlvdgjg™, or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] poopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) That's really interesting and very plausible. I'd never considered it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago I wish Lemmy had a ban list and post/thread removal list. It'd make it easier to know what's allowed here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) That's really interesting and very plausible. I'd never considered it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago Documented. Forget where. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago I wish Lemmy had a ban list and post/thread removal list. It'd make it easier to know what's allowed here. permalink fedilink source parent